Conjunct Dubitative Neutral or CDN (# 14)

Observation

ᓀᐹᐧᑫ᙮

nepaakwe.

I do not know whether s/he is asleep.

ᒋᒋᔅᒉᔨᒫᐤ ᐋ ᓀᐹᐧᑫ᙮

chichischeyimaau aa nepaakwe

Do you know if she is sleeping?

Initial change is required for the present tense forms in this conjugation when there is no preverb. For example, the dictionary form of ᓈᐹᒀnaapaakwaa is ᓂᐹᐤnipaau. The vowel of the first syllable i was changed to aa.